Mazhar Kaleem M.A is a Pakistani novelist famous for his
Imran Series novels Urdu spy fiction and short stories for children.
He is the anchorperson of a famous SARAIKI radio talk show
from Multan Radio "Jamhoor-de-Awaz".
He is a successful lawyer who was elected as Senior Vice
President of Multan Bar Council and he heads a chamber in District Courts
Multan.
Mazhar Kaleem was born on 22 July 1942 in Multan. His father
Hamid Yar Khan was a retired police Inspector. He belongs to a Pathan
family,"Muhammad Zai" in Multan.
His original name is Mazhar Nawaz Khan, however he is now
only known as his literary pen name, Mazhar Kaleem
He studied in Islamia high school Multan and graduated from
Emerson College (currently Government Emerson College Multan). He was a color
holder in basketball and bodybuilding from Emerson College.
After graduating he
taught as a master in a government high school, Daulat Gate, but he left it to
pursue more studies at the University of Multan (currently Bahauddin Zakariya
University) to do his M.A. in Urdu Literature and LL.B. He is a senior lawyer
in Multan Bench of Lahore High Court. Professionally he is a lawyer and not a
novelist which is his part time hobby. He is also anchor person of a radio talk
show from Radio Multan.
He had two sons and four daughters but his eldest son Faisal
Jan died at the age of 31. The second son Fahad Usman Khan is working in a
Multinational Bank.
Mazhar Kaleem is a contemporary of Ibn-e-Safi in writing
Imran series and he just used the few principal characters but always had a
different style. He has written over four hundred novels and has introduced new
style of spy novels writing. Almost every grown up person in Pakistan who had
been fond of reading has read one or more of his novels. He is based in Multan.
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